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The newly released second edition of Liftoff is bigger and better than ever! With a larger format and improved layout, Diana Larsen and Ainsley Nies' acclaimed book is chock full of great ideas on how to start your agile team on the road to success and how to sustain them on their journey. I may be biased as contributor to the book, but if you're looking to get a team going or need to get an existing team out of the ditch, this book is the one to read!

About the Author

Jim York works with real teams doing real work. He coaches, teaches, writes, and speaks on Lean and Agile principles and practices. He has been the keynote and speaker at various Agile conferences and has held an number of leadership roles in the Agile community including the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance. Jim is both a Certified Enterprise Coach℠ and a Certified Scrum Trainer®, one of only a handful of people world-wide to hold both of these top-level guide certifications from the Scrum Alliance. He has coached several organizations through their adoption of Agile including NPR, McKinsey & Company IT, GE Healthcare, and Capital One.